Category Archives: French Crime

Review: Spike Milligan: His Part in Our Lives & Death of a Marseilles Man

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

Death of a Marseilles Man, Léo Malet Léo Malet is one of my favourite crime writers. He happens to have been a combination of things I admire: a member of the Surrealist group in the 1930′s and the instigator of … Continue reading →

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Review: Murder in the Marais, Cara Black

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

There is a nice vegetarian restaurant in The Marais, next to a Lesbian night club. We used to go to the restaurant as the other veggie place we found was seriously cramped. I haven’t been back to Paris since Minty … Continue reading →

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The Tell-tale Body on the Plaine Monceau, Léo Malet

Posted on January 23, 2011 by

That’s it with Nestor Burma and the New Mysteries of Paris. One more of these books has been translated into English but I haven’t been able to find a copy. This one involves a murder and suicide. Leading to the … Continue reading →

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Maigret in Court, Georges Simenon

Posted on January 19, 2011 by

This book was published in 1960 along with three others. Four books in a year was not an unusual occurrence for Georges Simenon. He has claimed that he could write a novel in eleven days. Those days were spent locked … Continue reading →

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Fog on the Tolbiac Bridge, Léo Malet

Posted on December 20, 2010 by

Nestor Bruma again. This one is not as good as the others I have read. A shame as so many of his books have not been translated. This is not a bad book – just not as good as some … Continue reading →

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Sunrise Behind the Louvre, Léo Malet

Posted on December 8, 2010 by

There has been a lot of ice on the roads so the busses are going slowly. This means more time to read. I lose myself in the Burma books. They show their time a little (the last few I’ve read … Continue reading →

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Mayhem in the Marais, Léo Malet

Posted on December 7, 2010 by

I read this over a weekend – I love these Nestor Bruma detective novels. The only downside is that they are French trasnlations and about 6 or 7 out of 40 or 40 have been transalted. I have made a … Continue reading →

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Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand, Fred Vagras

Posted on November 13, 2010 by

Another audio book. This time was different, I have read a couple of these books before so the characters already had voices. It didn’t take too long to accept the voices on this recording. It was well read and they … Continue reading →

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Maigret and the Ghost, Georges Simenon

Posted on September 27, 2010 by

This is the first Post-War Maigret I have read. The are good easy reads that keep you interested. They are quite short so can be easily read in one long sitting – or over a weekend. I rate Georges Simenon … Continue reading →

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Mission to Marseilles, Leo Mallet

Posted on September 2, 2010 by

This is the fourth of the Nestor Burma detective stories I have read. The previous two were, 120 Rue de la Gare(book 1), Dynamite Versus QED (book 2), and Rats of Montsouris (book 15). This one was book 4. They … Continue reading →

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